Improvement in watch-cases



E. C. FITCH.

Watch-Cases.

No.l5l,867. Patemedlunegnsm.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EZRA C. FITCH, OF NEINT YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATCH-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0.151,S67, dated .Tune9,1874; application filed Maren 26,1874.

To all vwhom `it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA C. FITCH, otl the city ot' New York, in thecounty and State ot' New York, have invented an Improved latch- Gasc, ofwhich the following is a specification:

My invention relates to certain improve ments whereby but a single jointor opening in the case is exposed. rIhe invention consists in awatch-case having the rim or band between the caps beveled or V-shaped,or of other suitable approximate form in its crosssection, and the inneredges of the caps of corresponding forni and greater circumference, sothat when the case is closed the inner edges of the caps come in contactwith each other, and form but a single joint, covering and concealingthe rim or band.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is an edge view of a watch-caseembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is atransverse section with the caseclosed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section with the case open.

My invention may be applied to either double or opeirfaced cases withequal facility. rlhe drawing represents a double case, G1 being the facecap, and C2 the back cap. The

rim or band B is beveled or V-shaped, or of other. suitable approximateform, instead of a broad and hooplike surface, and it is smaller incircumference than the caps C1 G2, instead of equal thereto, as is usualin wateh-casesrBhe caps C1 G2 have their inner edges eX tended so as toreach to the center of the rim or band B, instead of terminating beforereaching said center. B y this construction the inner edges of the capsmeet each other when the case is closed, and entirely cover and concealthe rim B, forming but a single joint, as shown in FiO. 2.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A watch-case having its rim or band of V- shaped or other suitableapproximate form, and the inner edges of the caps of corresponding form,and coming together in a single joint outside of the rim, substantiallyas and for the purpose shown and described.

E. C. FITCH.

Witnesses:

MrcHAEL RYAN, FRED. HAYNEs.

